Spider Babys.

Araneus diadematus, the European garden spider, has been busy in my garden. I spotted this group of bouncing babies having fun on my wheeliebin and thought I’d share!

The focus isn’t perfect, but I think it’s the best my little camera is going to manage as close as I had to get. These spiderlings are little more than a millimetre across each. Click the picture to get a larger version.

Araneus diadematus - Baby European Garden Spiders

I hope you enjoy this International Day for Biological Diversity. Why not have a rummage around your own garden or street, and see what you can find! I’d love to see pictures, especially those of you in distant lands.

Then while looking for photos of similar baby spiders, I found your photo which looks almost exactly the same as mine. Actually I thought you had copied my photo and put on your site. Then I realized it was a different, but nearly identical photo of yellow baby spiders on what appears to be a trampoline, which is where I found my critters. I took some to my lab and took some photos of the spiders. I don’t know what they are, since I don’t study spiders–I study mollusks. But I will check out the species name you found for yours. By the way, I took my photos in south Texas.

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